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Well, shows where AP lies.
Disappointed to say the least…
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I don't know. I'd say that it's probably pretty reasonable, if you figure what their job is -- producing understandable material.
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In terms of authority, Denali is in the US. The federal government did the renaming from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali" in 2015. I don't think that generally there was dispute that the federal government was the authority on the name of the thing then.
In terms of familiarity, Mount McKinley's been known as "Mount McKinley" for quite a while; most Americans are going to know what the thing is. I hadn't paid attention to the spat over it, and when I first heard "Denali", thought that it was a different mountain.
So (1) the administration probably legitimately is the globally-authoritative source on the name, and (2) calling it "Mount McKinley" won't produce confusion, even with people who would rather that it be called "Denali".
On the other hand, the Gulf of Mexico is a major international geographical feature frequently referred to abroad. Very little of it is within US borders. Some countries are surrounded by it, and the term is frequently used abroad -- as the AP mentions. It's not very likely that any other countries are going to change their day-to-day use over it, whatever Trump says. All Americans know it as the Gulf of Mexico, and I doubt that most are going to change the term they use. So continuing to call it the "Gulf of Mexico" is probably the most-understandable approach; indicating parenthetically that it's been designated the "Gulf of America" indicates that the official term is this, though they aren't using it.
Like, the AP's job isn't "participate in a culture war on one side or another", but "get copy out that people can understand".
I will say, though -- expanding the discussion past the AP's decision -- that while I don't think that the AP's stance is unreasonable...the same might not be said of the people who wanted the rename.
A major argument being made by a number of folks that support Trump that states should be given more deference and not run roughshod over by the federal government -- okay, fair enough.
But the mountain is located in Alaska. It looks like Alaska prefers "Denali", and, in fact, its lower legislative house just passed a resolution objecting to the rename:
https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/alaska-legislature/2025-01-27/alaska-house-resolution-urges-trump-administration-to-keep-the-name-denali
The naming of the thing "Mount McKinley" was done to honor President McKinley. And, okay, the federal government's gotta have something somewhere if it wants to do something like that, and good odds are that it's in some state's territory. But I very much suspect that of all the things that one can find in the US, it's probably possible to find something somewhere noteworthy that could be named by the federal government to honor President McKinley without running into objections from the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali
My guess is that Ohio is probably okay with having something in its borders named after President McKinley, for example.
Good on you for doing some more research. Imo Denali and the Gulf of Mexico are like Mount Vesuvius and the Mediterranean Sea, i.e., the names are eminently suitable and essentially permanent. I'm going to expound on this at length, specifically in regard to Denali, because the case for the Gulf of Mexico is so incredibly one-sided and obvious. The case for Denali is also one-sided, but it's much less well known.
To clarify, the name didn't originate in honor of President McKinley, it was created while he was still running for president.
In other words, the mountain which had been locally known as Denali for centuries was arbitrarily utilized as a political pawn to boost the candidacy of McKinley, who turned out to be a mediocre president at best.
Also, it wasn't officially recognized as such until 20 years later by Democrat Woodrow Wilson, potentially as a conciliatory political maneuver towards the Republican party, which was dominant under the Fourth Party System. Little known fact, from 1869 through 1933, there were 11 Republican presidents and only 2 Democratic ones. This is somewhat misleading because Grover Cleveland was elected twice and the Republicans had a couple deaths in office, but still drives home their political dominance at the time.
Speaking of which, William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist by the name of Leon Czolgosz, who appears to me a significantly more sympathetic figure than our contemporary Luigi, whom I personally find quite lame and reprehensible, but apparently the rest of you consider to be some kind of folk hero 🙄
A few notes about the circumstances and trial of this anarchist. See if you notice any parallels between his situation and ours.
Quotes from wikipedia
The context which I have just provided should be reason enough to refuse the name Mount McKinley, based on the sentiments that have been superficially expressed on Lemmy and social media in general of late.
However, the fact that local Alaskans never stopped calling it Denali, and indeed successfully petitioned to have it officially renamed Denali in 1975, is even more damning. As per the Denali Wikipedia article
All of these names are essentially different pronunciations of Denali
In conclusion, Trump can go fuck himself in his fat fucking ass.
amazing comment on a top notch thread!
But not surprised.
I think their take is pretty pragmatic. It makes sense since the AP is an American news outlet.